Guide to the Rudd Family Papers,

Collection Number: 1636

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
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http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
M.E. Warren
Date completed:
January 1998
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, April 2003

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Rudd family papers, 1777-1952, [ca.1804]-1952 (bulk).
Collection Number:
1636
Creator:
Rudd family.
Quantity:
1 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, notes and notebooks, printed material, and other documents.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence, notes and notebooks, printed material, and miscellany concerning the family affairs and genealogy of the Rudd, Porter, DeForest, and other related families and including information on the history of Norwich, Connecticut, where the family originated. Of particular interest are a copy of a letter (August 26, 1777) from Joseph Rudd, describing the battle at Bennington, Vermont; two letters (1827) about a religious revival in Huntington, Connecticut; and B. Rudd's book of sketches made in Italy (1891-1894).

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, notes and notebooks, printed material, and miscellany concerning the family affairs and genealogy of the Rudd, Porter, DeForest, and other related families and including information on the history of Norwich, Connecticut, where the family originated. Of particular interest are a copy of a letter (August 26, 1777) from Joseph Rudd, describing the battle at Bennington, Vermont; two letters (1827) about a religious revival in Huntington, Connecticut; and B. Rudd's book of sketches made in Italy (1891-1894).
SUBJECTS

Names:
Rudd family.
DeForest family.
Porter family.
Rudd, B.
Rudd, Joseph.

Subjects:
Religion.
Revivals.

Places:
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns.
Bennington, Battle of, N.Y., 1777.
Italy.
Norwich (Conn.)--History.

Form and Genre Terms:
Genealogies.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Rudd family papers, #1636. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1803-1810
Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 1
1911
Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 2
1812-1819
Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 3
1820-1828
Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 4
1885-1895
Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 5
1895-1918
Correspondence: Mary Ojeti and children Bepi and Vera
Box 1 Folder 6
1906-1909
Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 7
1915-1922
Ms. - Ancestry of Margaret Baret
Box 1 Folder 8
1907
Miner and Darrow Sage Correspondence re Society of Dames
Box 1 Folder 9
Morris Family Genealogy
Box 1 Folder 10
Porter Family Genealogy
Box 1 Folder 11-12
Porter Family Genealogy; also, Huntingyon, Baret, Morris, White Families
Box 1 Folder 13-14
Rudd, De Forest, Shelton Family Genealogies
Box 1 Folder 15
Rudd Family Genealogy
Box 1 Folder 16
Rudd Family Genealogy (Tracy-Huntington-Porter-Rudd)
Box 1 Folder 17
Historical Article by George Shepard Porter for The Bulletin (Norwich, Connecticut)
Box 2 Folder 1
Historical Essay
Box 2 Folder 2
Notes: History of Norwich, Connecticut
Box 2 Folder 3
ca. 1904-1907
Newspaper clippings (mailnly historical subjects)
Box 2 Folder 4
Genealogy questions
Box 2 Folder 5
Historical/Genealogical Material
Box 2 Folder 6-12
1842
The Uncas Monument
Box 2 Folder 13
Notebook: Heraldry
Box 3
Notebook: "156 names on Soldiers momument"
Box 3
Notebook: Porter Genealogy
Box 3
Bank book (blank)
Box 3
Notebook: Porter, Rudd, etal Genealogies
Box 3
1845
Ancestral Tablets (pedigree diagrams): Rudd, Porter etal
Box 3
1891-1993
Sketchbook: Margaret Blagrove Rudd (Roma)
Box 3
Catalogue of Foreign Ancestries of American Colonial Families by George S. Porter
Box 3
1906
Inscrptions from Gravestones in Christ Church, Norwich, Conn. By George S. Porter
Box 3